PTI
New Delhi, May 18: Twelve MIG-21s of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were lost during the last three years in which 13 people lost their lives.
The crashes occurred during 2003-04 to 2005-06 and of the dead, seven were pilots.
The IAF carried out investigations in all the MIG-21 accidents. Five of the 12 accidents occurred due to human erros on the part of the aircrew, four were due to technical defects and two were due to bird hit, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
IAF has identified technical defect and human error as the two main causes for the accidents, a Rajya Sabha release said.